Saturday, July 2

Today is Great-Grandson's birthday. Happy Birthday, Great-Grandson!

Slept late this morning, until nearly 8 a.m., but did a treadmill session and weights exercises after breakfast. Mother had things she needed to do at her house this morning, so I was ready for the day by the time she came over.

We set to work right away making greeting cards. We each completed several. Mother made an especially cute Halloween card. I'm pleased with a wedding card that I created, using a rubber stamp. I also made a Mother's Day card, using a rubber stamp, and a note card, using handmade marbled paper. Mother made a note card using wallpaper as a background that she decorated with buttons.

All of the cards we make will become fair entries, after which most will be donated to Caring Hands Hospice.

We spent most of the day making cards, while Hubbie worked outdoors. His main project today was cleaning and washing the truck.

For supper, we had bagel pizzas, cottage cheese, and fresh veggies...sliced yellow and zucchini squash, cherry tomatoes, and Vidalia onions, with a choice of dressings. Mother went home afterward, and Hubbie ran an errand to a home improvement store to get a soaker hose.

Our state is in a drought, so Hubbie is utilizing soaker hoses in most of the gardens. The heat is taking its toll on the veggie gardens too...the tomato plants are no longer blooming, so the tomatoes that are now on the vines will probably be the only ones we'll harvest this year. Boo.

Later, Hubbie and I watched the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock movie, "Topaz," with John Forsythe. In Copenhagen, a high-ranking French intelligence agent and his family defect to the United States, with the help of the U.S. Embassy. He then becomes involved in events leading up to the 1962 Missile Crisis, and when he is back in France, he becomes involved in breaking up a Russian spy ring.